Visiting Music Teacher (Piano)

About the job

Visiting Music Teacher (Piano)

September 2022

8-15 hours per week

Royal Russell School educates over 1000 girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 18 and is situated on a beautiful green campus of 110 acres in the Shirley Hills near Croydon, only 30 minutes from Central London.  We have over 150 boarding students in the Senior School, and are proud of our day and boarding facilities that rank amongst the best in the South of England.  Our pupils, parents and staff experience a warm and friendly environment with strong pastoral care for every pupil alongside a comprehensive co-curricular and enrichment programme.  We aim to build on this alongside improving academic success to continue to be the family school of choice in South London. The Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) has recently judged the school as ‘excellent’ in all areas.

We are seeking a dynamic, highly motivated and effective Piano Teacher to join our team of 21 Visiting Music Teachers (7 in Piano) in our thriving Music department which also includes 3 Classroom Teachers and an Administrator. Many of these staff have links to local conservatoires, opera houses, cathedrals and churches and exceptionally high achieving local youth orchestras and ensembles. We have excellent facilities including numerous practice rooms, an auditorium, 29 state of the art apple macs with the latest music technology software, 6 wonderful grand pianos (Bechstein, Yamaha, Kawai) in fabulous condition, many uprights and a recording studio. Our students participate in a flourishing number of instrumental and vocal ensembles including a Swing Band, an Orchestra, a Jazz Band, a Barbershop, Choristers and a Chamber choir, and we provide many opportunities for performance both formally and informally across both Junior and Senior schools.

You should be able to enthuse and inspire students with a love of music and able to teach piano to Senior School students at all levels. Additionally, there are also opportunities to teach in the Junior School. You will be self-employed and handle your own billing to parents (current rates are £41.00 per hour) but support will be provided. Students receive an average of 45 minutes of tuition per week, with 30 lessons taught in total over the whole school year, so depending on numbers you should expect to receive £922.50 per student per year. We expect staff to encourage all students to engage in the life of the Department and participate in the great range and variety of musical events taking place throughout the year. Additional payment is available, at a different rate, for coaching ensembles to prepare for concerts. This role is a springboard to meeting a pool of engaging and dedicated students who are anxious to achieve success in music at all levels. You will be expected to write reports on students twice a year using the School’s reporting system, and to attend a business meeting at the start of the academic year.

Please visit www.royalrussell.co.uk/discover/vacancies for further details about our School, the role and the application process. You can also contact us by email at hr@royalrussell.co.uk or telephone HR on 020-8657-4433.   Applications will be considered on receipt and should arrive no later than 9.00 am on Monday 16 May 2022. Interviews will be at the school on Thursday 26 May 2022. We reserve the right to interview at any point during the recruitment process so early applications are encouraged. Applicants who have not heard from us by Friday 20 May 2022 should presume that they have not been successful on this occasion.   

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (including a check against the Children’s Barred List), and other pre-employment screening including a check on the Secretary of State list of prohibited staff, references and medical fitness.